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Osama Farah, a 40 year old university student, said the raids were part and parcel of the Australian media unfair portrayal of Muslims as fanatics.
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Treasurer Joe Hockey insisted that the necessary precautions had been put in place for a G20 leaders summit Australia is set to host in November, and dismissed concerns the raids could disrupt a meeting of G20 finance ministers this weekend in the tropical northern city of Cairns.
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